A framework towards IT appropriation in voluntary organisations

International Journal of Knowledge and Learning

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 438-451

  Saeed, Saqib ^a   Rohde, Markus ^a   Wulf, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

IT appropriation; IT support; NGOs; nongovernmental organisations; organisational practices; participatory development; system design; voluntary organisations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84951717064     PISSN: 17411009     EISSN: 17411017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJKL.2008.022062     Document Type: Article

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